Articles tagged with "the-netherlands"
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 14th, 2007
Arjen Robben will be making his Real Madrid debut real soon! The left winger has had three group training sessions and all looked good. Robben ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 14th, 2007
The Albanian press reacted furious on the 0-1 defeat of Albania against Oranje. In particular ref Mike Riley was the bad guy.
We lost against an ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 14th, 2007
Relieved and satisfied were the most apparent emotions when the Oranje players bid each other goodbye. Six points in two matches in four days… See ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 13th, 2007
Bob actually planted the seed for this post... I mused recently on a different type of qualification set-up, but Bob made me think about the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 13th, 2007
The only positive conclusion one can make after Holland's win over Albania is the fact that qualification for the EC is again a step closer, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 13th, 2007
Edwin van der Sar: "I really don't know how we managed to get the three points here. And I also don't know why we can't ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 12th, 2007
Just before the half time break, Van Persie got into a scrimmage with an Albanian sub. The guy held on to the ball, when Robin ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 12th, 2007
Team manager Marco van Basten didn't want to hear any criticism after the late victory over the mediocre Albanian team. "It was a deserved win. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 12th, 2007
Guys, your comments tell me all I need to know about the match.... I'm truly sorry, I really hoped they would win us back, but ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 12th, 2007
Guus Hiiddink, one of the best coaches of the world!
Guus Hiddink, the man who said "no" to the English Football Association.
Guus, the man who made ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 12th, 2007
Let's give it a go...
Oranje will want to win. Winning means getting to the top spot in our Group, equal with Rumania.
Albania is a tough ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 11th, 2007
Team manager Marco van Basten is able to use Wesley Sneijder for the EC match against Albania.
The midfielder got a little injury during a trainingsession ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 10th, 2007
Wesley Sneijder had to leave the training yesterday with an ankle injury. Marco van Basten didn’t blink an eye. “Than I’ll play another player on ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 10th, 2007
Pondering Oranje's result and quality of play....pondering our reactions....our history...
The NOS TV program with Jack van Gelder for instance was pretty positive. Not just on ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 10th, 2007
It has been mentioned already... Sneijder is suffering from an ankle injury and most likely won't play against Albania! Rafael van der Vaart however looks ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 10th, 2007
The Press is not overwhelmed by Oranje, for now. In football terms, that is. The press is defnitely happy with the results. And Johan Cruyff ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 9th, 2007
Chris van Nijnatten's column in the AD newspaper:
Marco van Basten seems to resemble Dick Advocaat more and more. Playing beautiful football is not longer the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 9th, 2007
"For Albania, we'll make changes where we can," said Marco van Basten late Saturday night in the Amsterdam Arena.
It was just minutes after the 2-0 ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 9th, 2007
How do you describe that feeling, when everything you touch turns into gold? Wesley Sneijder couldn't say, but his big smile did...
"It's a great feeling, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 8th, 2007
Led by the two golden boys from Madrid and the Mancunian goalie, Oranje made a big step towards qualification against Bulgaria. Both Sneijder and Van ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 8th, 2007
Oranje is not capable of getting the tickets to the EC08 against Bulgaria and Albania. But, losing or drawing could have crucial consequences. Oranje wants ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 7th, 2007
Team managers Van Basten and Van't Schip brought thr group back to 18 players. And again, there is no room for Klaas Jan Huntelaar. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 6th, 2007
After two days of "secret" training sessions, the players of Oranje still don't know who will start on Saturday against Bulgaria. Today, Van Basten will ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 6th, 2007
So who were those 9 Dutch players at Barca under Van Gaal???
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 6th, 2007
Oranje works on the ideal line up behind closed doors. In his quest to find the right fornula, Marco van Basten has to answer three ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 6th, 2007
With the Spanish – Dutch dictionary in his hand, Sneijder was seen reading the Spanish papers. The Spanish reporters couldn’t find the words to ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 5th, 2007
This makes your heart sing, my friends... In these dark days of qualifying against Bulgaria, criticism on our team manager, Ajax not in the CL, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 4th, 2007
Dirk Kuyt and Raf van der Vaart haven't joined the group for the first training session with Oranje. Van der Vaart didn't play versus Munich ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 4th, 2007
Ok, after reading all the comments on coaching, coaches, the KNVB, etc etc... the following question came to mind...
Who is actually going to make us ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 3rd, 2007
Nobody really knew who he was in Madrid. The fans are calling for Arjen Robben for more than a year now.
But, after two competition matches, ...
